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Listen up H8trs! It is Islamophobic to note that all 10 nations with the death penalty for homosexuality are Muslim
Here are the 10 countries where homosexuality may be punished by death
And Canada gives dump truck loads of cash to 6 of them.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni today signed a law that imposes a 14-year prison sentence for homosexual acts — and life sentences for those found guilty of "aggravated homosexuality." A measure imposing the death penalty was removed from an earlier version of the bill.
Homosexuality was already illegal in Uganda, as it is in 37 other African countries. Though the death penalty was removed from Uganda's law, it's a potential punishment elsewhere, including parts of Nigeria, Mauritania and Sudan.
(Last month, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed a measure similar to Uganda's into law; a few weeks later, a mob pulled 14 young men from their beds and assaulted them, screaming about cleansing their neighborhood of gay people. )
This map shows laws on gay rights around the world:
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Here are the 10 countries where homosexuality may be punished by death
Listen up H8trs! It is Islamophobic to note that all 10 nations with the death penalty for homosexuality are Muslim
Here are the 10 countries where homosexuality may be punished by death
And Canada gives dump truck loads of cash to 6 of them.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni today signed a law that imposes a 14-year prison sentence for homosexual acts — and life sentences for those found guilty of "aggravated homosexuality." A measure imposing the death penalty was removed from an earlier version of the bill.
Homosexuality was already illegal in Uganda, as it is in 37 other African countries. Though the death penalty was removed from Uganda's law, it's a potential punishment elsewhere, including parts of Nigeria, Mauritania and Sudan.
(Last month, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed a measure similar to Uganda's into law; a few weeks later, a mob pulled 14 young men from their beds and assaulted them, screaming about cleansing their neighborhood of gay people. )
This map shows laws on gay rights around the world:
read on
Here are the 10 countries where homosexuality may be punished by death